50 CASTING TACKLE AND METHODS 



a winder he naturally takes better care of it than 

 when he pays only $2.25. This should not be so, 

 the cheap reel is deserving of as much care as the 

 more expensive winch, will last enough longer to pay 

 for the little time and attention expended. How- 

 ever, the man who abuses a cheap reel will never 

 think of treating an expensive one with disrespect. 

 All in all there are more arguments in favor of good 

 winches than can be marshalled against them. So 

 1 urge my readers to invest that is the word, "in- 

 vest" in do not buy simply an aristocratic winch, 

 as good as you can afford. Following my admoni- 

 tion, caring for the reel, some day you will thank me 

 for the advice. Perhaps Henry John Doe, in the 

 years to come, will write my descendants thanking 

 them for these words. 



Having said so much in favor of good tackle we 

 are ready to continue the discussion of the various 

 types of special reels, and will turn our attention to 

 the free-spools first of all. 



FREE-SPOOL REELS 



In the foregoing pages I have barely mentioned 

 the free-spools though they deserve a section to 

 themselves. As was pointed out, the idea of the 

 free-spool is simple in the extreme, the handle does 

 not revolve in making a cast, so doing away with the 

 menace of the balance handle, the "trouble maker." 

 With the free-spool greater distance can be acquired 



